======Fiftieth session - 21 January 2005 - The Devil You Know======

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In attendance:

| Chris | [[Roderick]] | Cleric/11 |
| Dave  | [[Aramil]]   | Ranger/11 |
| Jim   | [[Bigby]]    | Wizard/11 |
| Ken   | [[Ursa]]     | Cleric/5, Monk/5 |
| Val   | [[Kesi]]     | Monk/11 |

//Note: This session continues **"Beyond The Light of Reason"**,
written by Caine Chandler, and published in [[http://www.paizo.com/dungeon|Dungeon Magazine, Issue #96]]//

The party finds themselves split in two groups on opposite sides of Berronar's
Pyre.  On the one side, [[Bigby]] struggles to hold Vargnin's summoned Bone Devil
charmed.  On the other, [[Aramil]] and [[Roderick]] study the flames trying to better
understand them.

[[Bigby]] convinces his tenuous ally to use his Wall of Ice powers to build an ice
bridge over the chasm.  Though the flames melt it at an alarming rate, he is
able to create a bridge that lasts long enough to get everybody across.

Once reunited, [[Pavo]] and Dru fall back to the room above the trap door to make
sure nobody sneaks up on the group.  Back in the cavern, [[Bigby]] reveals that his
grasp on the Bone Devil is shaky and that they will have to take care of the
creature using force.  [[Roderick]] casts a protection from fire spell on [[Ursa]], who
then attempts to lure the devil to the edge of the chasm.  The plan almost
works, but the devil proves too clever to fall for [[Ursa]]'s simple ruse.

A ferocious battle breaks out that saps the party's remaining spells.  In the
end, [[Bigby]] has been knocked unconscious and [[Ursa]] has been blasted with
Berronar's Pyre, but the devil is destroyed and the party is safe.

The group falls back to the tunnel area and rests for the "night".  The next
morning, they replenish their spells and [[Roderick]] casts a Divination to find out
how they should proceed.  Since the path to Einerk's tomb led down into the
fire, he asks, "How do the seven of us safely pass through these flames to
continue on the path towards Einerk's Tomb?"

Imhotep's answer provides little obvious help: "Do not fear the path of
darkness.  Even evil can sometimes be used for good."

Realizing that a powerful lich may have spent 50 years studying the fire before
finding a way to defeat it, the party settles into the realization that the
conundrum of Berronar's Pyre may not be easily solved.

XP awarded: 725 for [[Aramil]], [[Bigby]], [[Kesi]], and [[Roderick]]; 975 for [[Ursa]].  [[Ursa]] makes 11th level.